CVE-2008-0396
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 8.5%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in BitDefender Update Server (http.exe), as used in BitDefender products including Security for Fileservers and Enterprise Manager (BDEM), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in an HTTP request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 8.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0406)
- Published
- January 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0406 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bitdefender / update server
References
- http://oliver.greyhat.de/2008/01/19/bitdefender-unauthorized-remote-file-access-vulnerability/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28578(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3568
- http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/bitdefender.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486701/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27358(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0213
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39802
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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